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Medieval

Modulated Scream Pain in Late Medieval Culture

Cohen Esther

ISBN: HB: 9780226112671, University of Chicago Press, May 2010
384 pp., 23x15 cm, 5 halftones

In the late medieval era, pain could be a symbol of holiness, disease, sin, or truth. It could be encouragement to lead a moral life, a punishment for wrong doing, or a method of healing. Exploring the varied depictions and descriptions of pain – fro...

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Modelling - Military Drawings

Aviation

Air Power Modelling, Volume 1

Caruana Richard J., Solanakis Mihalis

ISBN: PB: 9789608345812, Casemate, Periscopio Publications, March 2010
128 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 120 colour photos, 30 colour profiles, 17 colour 3D plates

Lavishly illustrated modelling publication featuring the artwork of Richard Caruana, Michalis Solanakis, Vincenzo Auletta. This issue covers Fairey Swordfish Mk I, Messerschmitt Bf 110E, Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero, Hawker Hurricane in detail and in Greek h...

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Middle East

Kingdom Saudi Arabia and the Challenge of the 21st Century

Craze Joshua, Huband Mark

ISBN: PB: 9781850658979, Hurst Publishers, October 2009
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! The prominence of Saudi Arabia in international relations today is undisputed. Bringing together contributors from the worlds of business, politics, journalism and academia, The Kingdom provides a much-needed context to the rol...

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Africa

After Genocide Transitional Justice, Post-conflict Reconstruction and Reconciliation in Rwanda and Beyond

Clark Philip, Kaufman Zachary

ISBN: PB: 9781850659198, Hurst Publishers, March 2009
352 pp., 24x16 cm

For sale in CIS only! In "After Genocide", leading scholars and practitioners analyse the political, legal and regional impact of events in post-genocide Rwanda within the broader themes of transitional justice and reconciliation. Given the forthcom...

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Asia

Military

War and Peace in the Caucasus Russia's Troubled Frontiers

Cheterian Vicken

ISBN: PB: 9781850659877, Hurst Publishers, February 2009
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! After the collapse of the Soviet Union the Caucasus was wracked by ethnic and separatist violence as the peoples of the region struggled for self-determination. Vicken Cheterian, who spent many years as a reporter and analyst c...

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Europe

Matters of Exchange Commerce, Medicine, and Science in the Dutch Golden Age

Cook Harold J.

ISBN: PB: 9780300143218, Yale University Press, August 2008
578 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 1 black&white illus.

In this wide-ranging and stimulating book, a leading authority on the history of medicine and science presents convincing evidence that Dutch commerce-not religion-inspired the rise of science in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Harold J. Coo...

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Aviation

Dal Sai Ambrosini Sagittario All'aerfer Leone The History of the First Italian Supersonic Fighters Created by Sergio Stefanutti

Ciampaglia Giuseppe

ISBN: PB: 9788875650001, Bookport, IBN Editore, June 2007
160 pp., 24x17 cm, 31 colour illus., 64 black&white (including three-views and profiles)

The text is addressed to modellers as well as those interested in the Italian aviation history. The volume deals with the history of the first supersonic fighters created by the eng. Sergio Stefanutti, one of the most original and innovative Italian...

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Military

Political Science

Civil War is Not a Stupid Thing Accounting for Violence in Developing Countries

Cramer Christopher

ISBN: PB: 9781850658214, Hurst Publishers, August 2006
342 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Why is there so much violence in the developing countries? What does it have to do with economic development? What does it have to do with globalisation? In addressing these and other questions, Christopher Cramer takes a broad...

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Military

Shopping for Bombs Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity and the Rise and Fall of the A. Q. Khan Network

Corera Gordon

ISBN: HB: 9781850658269, Hurst Publishers, July 2006
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! "Shopping for Bombs" presents the first detailed account of the emergence of Pakistan's nuclear hero A.Q. Khan as the world's leading black market salesman of nuclear weapons technology. It reveals the inside story of how he so...

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Europe

Etruscans Outside Etruria

Camporeale Giovannangelo

ISBN: HB: 9780892367672, Getty Publications, March 2006
314 pp., 26.4x21.7 cm, illus.

During the last millennium BC, before the coming of the Romans, the Etruscans built a thriving civilization in the western Mediterranean basin, which was rich in natural resources. From the eighth century BC, Etruria became a destination on the Itali...

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